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...Florida woman--who has been in what doctors call a persistent vegetative state since 1990--is in danger of getting lost in the clash of political agendas. In an effort to head off the scheduled removal of Schiavo's feeding tube, the House of Representatives, led by Republican Tom DeLay, took the extraordinary step on Friday of issuing a subpoena for Schiavo herself, along with her doctors and family. The move was rebuffed by Pinellas County Circuit Court Judge George Greer, who said there was "no cogent reason" for Congress to intervene. The tube was taken out Friday...
...usually side with Governor Jeb Bush (who backs efforts to keep Schiavo alive) broke ranks. Powerful state senator Dennis Jones helped defeat eleventh-hour attempts in the Florida legislature last week intended to save Schiavo, telling TIME it was "the wrong vote." Some Florida Republicans say they winced when DeLay insisted that keeping Schiavo and patients like her alive was more important than "the sanctity of marriage"--a concept, of course, at the core of the Christian right's agenda on issues like gay marriage. Whatever Terri Schiavo's fate, the continuing debate promises to be anything but dignified...
...KORUSEC), which Buckham's firm formed and Kim funded. But if KORUSEC's goal was to make important people start paying attention to Kim, it may have worked too well. KORUSEC is one of a number of nonprofit organizations that have been caught in the controversy that now surrounds DeLay, who's facing questions about his fund raising and ties to lobbyists. The majority leader and seven other House members accepted lavish trips to South Korea from KORUSEC that may have been improper under House rules because the organization had registered as a "foreign agent." The lawmakers say they were...
...last week opened a probe into the charities set up by lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is already under investigation on separate matters by another committee and the Justice Department. One issue is whether Abramoff improperly used nonprofits to pay for overseas trips to places other than South Korea for DeLay and House Administration Committee chairman Robert...
...Korean peninsula and building stronger ties between U.S. and Korean leaders. But KORUSEC strengthened Kim's own ties in Washington as well. As chairman of KORUSEC, Kim--virtually its only donor--was host to a procession of congressional delegations through Korea, sat in the House gallery as DeLay's guest of honor at President Bush's 2003 State of the Union address and later that year met with Vice President Dick Cheney in Washington...